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Chronic fatigue syndrome, Christianity, and culture : between God and illness / James M. Rotholz.
Van Pelt Library BV4910.335 .R68 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rotholz, James M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chronic fatigue syndrome--Patients--Religious life.
- Chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Christianity and culture.
- Chronic fatigue syndrome--Patients.
- Religious life.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 141 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Haworth Medical Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Forced from the Field of Play 7
- Out of Africa 7
- Welcome to Stressville 10
- My Turn for CFIDS 14
- A Frightful Revelation 16
- Chapter 2. The View from My Window 19
- A Matter of Perspective 19
- The Illness Perspective 20
- Disability's Double Lens 22
- Pain and Faith 24
- The Twilight Zone 26
- Chapter 3. Doing What Feels Natural 31
- The Power of Culture 31
- What Is Success? 34
- The Elements of Success in American Culture 35
- The Elements Converge 42
- A Parting Thought 42
- Chapter 4. Economics and the Culture of Success 45
- A Conflict of Interest 45
- The Culture of Success 47
- Whither the Disabled? 49
- Primal Fear 51
- Student Anxiety 53
- Contrasting Faith 53
- Chapter 5. Alternative Cultural Perspectives on Success 57
- Looking in the Mirror 57
- Bushmen of the Kalahari 59
- Cultural Alternatives 62
- The Bruderhof Community 64
- Cultural Positioning 67
- Chapter 6. The Bible and the Culture of Success 71
- The Christian Calling 71
- Faith and Power 72
- Culture Power 72
- What Biblical Success Is Not 75
- Quantitative versus Qualitative 86
- Chapter 7. A New Vision of Success 89
- Success, the Bible, and Culture 89
- Faithfulness in the Bible 93
- Faithfulness Encompasses All 97
- The Love of God 99
- Imago Deo 100
- A Faithful Life Exemplified 103
- Chapter 8. Success for the Disabled 107
- Culture Change 107
- What's in a Name? 109
- Forcing the Disabled to Achieve 111
- Science to the Rescue? 114
- Chapter 9. Called to Dignity 119
- Probing God's Purpose 120
- Why Pain? 121
- Hardship and the Heart 122
- Pain and the Culture of Success 123
- Faith, CFIDS, and Culture 125
- A Birthright of Dignity 126.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-135) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0789014920
- 0789014939
- 078901565X
- OCLC:
- 47690528
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